Around Valentine’s Day, we’ve noticed that some music videos consistently become popular, every year. For example, here are the YouTube views of “I Just Called to Say I Love You” by Stevie Wonder in February 2015:

Total Views* of “I Just Called to Say I Love You” by Stevie Wonder

*“Views” is based on both official and fan-uploaded videos claimed using Content ID

As Valentine’s Day approaches, YouTube users endearingly share, message and email “I Just Called to Say I Love You” at a much higher rate.

But that’s just Stevie Wonder. Here’s the music that people play the most around Valentine’s Day:

Songs That Consistently Become Popular on Valentine’s Day

Views of video increased by at least 50 percent on Valentine’s Day, every year, since 2012.1

Artist

Song

Release Date

Laura Pausini

Le Cose Che Vivi

1996

Nat King Cole

L-O-V-E

1964

Axel

Amo

2005

Franco de Vita

Te Amo

1988

Joaquín Sabina or Sabina y Cía

Contigo

1996

Adam Sandler

Grow Old With You

1998

Stevie Wonder

I Just Called to Say I Love You

1984

Savage Garden

Truly Madly Deeply

1997

Barry White

Can't Get Enough of Your Love, Babe

1974

Barry White

You're the First, the Last, My Everything

1974

Umberto Tozzi

Ti Amo

1977

Elton John

Can You Feel the Love Tonight

1994

Jovanotti

A Te

2008

Axel

Tu Amor Por Siempre

2005

Rabito

... Que Te Quiero

2003

Tercer Cielo

Enamorados

2012

Chayanne

Completamente Enamorados

1990

Bryan Adams

Have You Ever Really Loved a Woman?

1995

1MethodologySongs that have at least a 50 percent increase in views on Valentine’s Day vs. average across January, March, April, and May (using the same weekday in the month), 2012 to 2015. To control for well-known songs (and eliminate obscure ones), we’ve omitted any videos that, on average, do not have at least 20,000 views/day outside of Valentine’s Day.

To create this list, we searched for songs with views that increase at least 50 percent on Valentine’s Day, every year, since 2012. Of all music on YouTube, only 18 songs fit this criteria.

Some observations:

Barry White and Axel both have two tracks each.

Nat King Cole’s “L-O-V-E” (1964) and Barry White’s “Can't Get Enough of Your Love, Babe” (1974) are the oldest tracks on this list.

Spanish, not French, may be the language of love: Seven of the 18 songs are in Spanish, eight are in English, three in Italian, and none are French.